학술논문
Preoperative Radiotherapy for Resectable Rectal Cancer.
Document Type
Article
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Source
Subject
*RECTAL cancer
*ONCOLOGIC surgery
*PREOPERATIVE care
*RADIOTHERAPY
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ISSN
0098-7484
Abstract
Presents a study to assess the effectiveness of preoperative radiotherapy followed by surgery in the reduction of overall and cancer-related mortality and in the prevention of local recurrence and distant metastases. Data sources; Study selection; Data extraction; Data synthesis; Conclusion that for patients with resectable rectal cancer, preoperavtive radiotherapy improved overall and cancer-specific survival compared with surgery alone.